Meanings
- A temple dedicated to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis.
...a temple of Minerva was on the east side of the Iseum...
1994, Sarolta A. Takacs, Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World, page 1012 more examples
Most Pompeians[,] as they went about their daily business and moved through their shaken city, would inevitably have passed the Iseum on their way to the Triangular Forum...
2006, Lauren Hackworth Petersen, The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History, page 52An Iseum (temple of Isis) in the Roman period usually found its site outside of the "city border" (pomeria)... and nearby the abundant water-supply areas, unlike other Roman temples which were located at the Agora.
2013, Liu Yulin, Temple Purity in 1-2 Corinthians, page 94Synonyms: temple of Isis, Iseion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA temple dedicated to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis.
Origin
- Ancient GreekἼσειον
- LatinIseum
- EnglishIseum
From Latin Iseum, from Ancient Greek Ἴσειον (Íseion), from Ἶσις (Îsis, “Isis”). By surface analysis, Isis + Latin -eum.
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Ancient Greek Ἴσειον
- Ἴσειον (Íseion)temple of Isis
Latin Iseum, Isium
- Iseumtemple of Isis
- Isiumtemple of Isis
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Iseum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iseum
“Iseum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iseum. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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